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 Presentation of Portrait 
 
 
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 Honorable Edward F. Dunne 
 
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 to the 
 
 Circuit Court of 
 Cook Countjj Illinois 
 
 THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER 
 
 ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED 
 
 AND THIRTY-FOUR
 
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 Paintino in Oil by Mrs. Paul Godehn
 
 Presentation of Portrait 
 
 of the 
 
 Honorable Edward F. Dunne 
 
 THE EDWARD F. DUNNE PORTRAIT ASSOCIATION 
 
 to the 
 
 CIRCUIT COURT OF 
 COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 
 
 Proceedings had on the Thirteenth 
 Day of October, One Thousand 
 Nine Hundred and Thirty-Four
 
 ' Qy±r A REGULAR TERM 
 
 of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois^ held 
 in the Court Koofn of Honorable Joseph Burke, 
 Chief Justice of said Court, in the County Building, 
 in the City of Chicago, on the thirteenth day of 
 October, 1934, of the September term, in the year of 
 our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty- 
 four and of our Independence the one hundred and 
 fifty-ninth. 
 
 On Saturday, October 13, 1934, the Court met pursuant 
 to adjournment in the court room of Honorable Joseph 
 Burke, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Cook County ^^g Qoyj^ji 
 in the County Building, in the City of Chicago, and was and those 
 opened by proclamation of crier. louh the 
 
 Present: ^^"^""^ 
 
 Hon. Joseph Burke, Chief Justice of the Circuit 
 Court, Presiding. 
 There were also present, among others, the following : 
 Hon. Edward F. Dumie ; 
 Hon. Charles S. Deneen; 
 Hon. Samuel Alschuler, Judge of the United States 
 
 Circuit Court of Appeals; 
 Hon. John J. Sullivan, Judge of the Illinois Appellate 
 
 Court; 
 Hon. John M. O'Connor, Judge of the Illinois Appel- 
 late Court; 
 Hon. Ross C. Hall, Judge of the Illinois Appellate 
 Court; 
 
 Hon. William H. Sexton, Corporation Counsel, City 
 
 of Chicago; 
 Hon. Joseph B. David, Judge of the Superior Court 
 
 of Cook County; 
 
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 The Court Hon. Oscar F. Nelson, Alderman, Forty-Sixth Ward, 
 
 TrtseT ^'^y ^f Chicago; 
 
 with the Hon. William V. Brothers, Judge of the Circuit Court 
 
 <^ourt Qj Cook County; 
 
 Hon. Michael Feinberg, Judge of the Circuit Court of 
 
 Cook County; 
 Hon. Dennis J. Normoyle, Judge of the Circuit Court 
 
 of Cook County; 
 Hon. Frank H. Bicek, Judge of the Circuit Court of 
 
 Cook County; 
 Hon. Cornelius J. Harrington, Judge of the Circuit 
 
 Court of Cook County; 
 Hon. Michael L. McKinley, Judge of the Superior 
 
 Court of Cook County; 
 Hon. Peter H. Schwaba, Judge of the Superior Court 
 
 of Cook County; 
 Hon. Edmund K. Jarecki, Judge of the County Court 
 
 of Cook County; 
 Hon. John F. O'Connell, Judge of the Prohate Court 
 
 of Cook County; 
 Hon. John D. Black, former President of the Chicago 
 
 Bar Association; 
 Hon. Roy O. West, former Secretary of the Interior 
 
 of the United States; 
 Hon. John J. Sonsteby, Chief Justice of the Municipal 
 
 Court of Chicago; 
 Hon. Jay A. Schiller, Judge of the Municipal Court 
 
 of Chicago; 
 Hon. Michael G. Kasper, Judge of the Municipal 
 
 Court of Chicago; 
 Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, County Clerk of Cook 
 
 County; 
 Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, former Corporation Counsel, 
 
 City of Chicago; 
 Hon. James M. Breen, former First Assistant 
 
 Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago; 
 Hon. James J. McHermott, Alderman, Fourteenth 
 
 Ward, City of Chicago.
 
 Proceedings upon the presentation of a portrait of 
 Honorable Edward F. Dunne, former Mayor of the City of 
 Chicago and former Governor of the State of Illinois, for 
 thirteen years Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, 
 Illinois, now the Commissioner of the United States to A 
 Century of Progress, by the Edward F. Dumie Portrait 
 Association composed of the following members of the Bar : 
 
 Edward F. 
 Dunne 
 Portrait 
 Association 
 
 Officers of Association 
 
 Honorary Presidents 
 Judge Samuel Alschuler 
 Charles S. Deneen 
 Joseph "W. Fifer 
 Judge Norman L. Jones 
 Sen. James Hamilton Lewis 
 Frank 0. Lowden 
 Lawrence Y. Sherman 
 Floyd E. Thompson 
 Richard Yates 
 
 Treasurer 
 Judge William V. Brothers 
 
 President 
 William H. 
 
 Sexton 
 
 Vice Presidents 
 Judge Joseph Burke 
 Judge Michael L. McEanley 
 Judge Philip L. SuUivan 
 Aid. Jacob M. Arvey 
 Aid. Oscar F. Nelson 
 
 Secretary 
 William L. 
 
 Sullivan 
 
 Executive Committee 
 
 Senator Richard J. Barr 
 Judge Joseph B. David 
 Judge Michael Feinberg 
 Judge Cornelius J. Harrington 
 Judge Stanley H. Kllarkowski 
 Judge Thomas J. Lynch 
 Judge Dennis J. Normovle 
 Judge John F, O'Conneh 
 Judge John M. O'Connor 
 Judge Joseph Sabath 
 Judge Peter H. Schwaba 
 Judge John J. Sullivan 
 Aid. Berthold A. Cronson 
 
 Roger J. Kiley 
 
 John A. Massen 
 
 James J. McDermott 
 
 James R. Quinn 
 
 Aid 
 Aid 
 Aid 
 Aid 
 
 Michael J. Ahern 
 
 Edmund 
 
 Henry L. Burman 
 Francis S. Clamitz 
 William T. Crilly 
 Robert E. Crowe 
 WiUiam H. Dillon 
 Arthur M. Fitzgerald 
 Richard S. Folsom 
 Edward J. Hennessey 
 Joseph B. Hermes 
 Michael L. Igoe 
 H. V. Johannsen 
 Max Krauss 
 George W. Lennan 
 William McKinley 
 IHysses S. Schwartz 
 James M. Slatterv 
 Milton D. Smith ' 
 Albert Watson 
 Burke
 
 Introdvt^tion 
 hy Mr. 
 Sullivan 
 
 Presentation 
 of Portrait 
 hy Mr. Sexton 
 
 The Clerk: 
 
 "Motions" 
 
 "Petition of the Edward F. Dunne Portrait Association, 
 
 William L. Sullivan, Secretary." 
 
 The Court: Mr. Sullivan 
 
 Mr. Sullivan: 
 
 May it please the Court: 
 
 This is a petition on behalf of the Edward F. Dunne 
 Portrait Association for leave to present to the Court a 
 portrait of one of its former Judges, the Honorable 
 Edward F. Dunne. It is the desire of the association that 
 your Honor preside during the ceremonies that are to 
 follow. The association also prays that your Honor enter 
 an order directing that today's proceedings be spread upon 
 the permanent records of the Court. The association has 
 selected as its spokesman its President, the Honorable 
 William H. Sexton, and it now asks your Honor to call 
 upon Mr. Sexton. 
 
 The Court: 
 
 It will please me greatly to comply with the request, and 
 it is now my distinguished pleasure and honor to call upon 
 the President of the Edward F. Dunne Portrait Associa- 
 tion, who is a former President of the Chicago Bar 
 Association and is at present the Corporation Counsel of 
 the City of Chicago, Honorable William H. Sexton. 
 
 Honorable Wh^liam H. Sexton : 
 
 Mr. Chief Justice, Governor Dunne, distinguished 
 guests, ladies and gentlemen: 
 
 Some two months ago when the Edward F. Dunne 
 Portrait Association was formed, I regarded it as a signal 
 honor to become its President. The association consists 
 of fifty-two members of the Bar who are personal friends 
 and admirers of Edward F. Dunne. The purpose of the 
 association was to present to the Circuit Court of Cook 
 County a portrait of Edward F. Dunne. The association did 
 
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 not ask for contributions from the members of the Bar Presentation 
 
 -.« ,1 P l^ A. -j^ ^ i. ^t Portrait 
 
 generally to help defray the expense ot the portrait, but hy Mr. Sexton 
 
 asked for contributions from less than one per cent of the 
 members of the Bar who were kno\vn to be friends of 
 Governor Dumie. The response to our request for con- 
 tributions, even in these days of depression, was so very 
 spontaneous and generous that no further contributions 
 were requested or needed. 
 
 A committee of the association selected an eminent 
 Chicago artist, Mrs. Paul Godehn, the wife of a prominent 
 member of the Chicago Bar, to execute the portrait. The 
 association thought it fitting that a portrait of Edward F. 
 Dunne should permanently embellish the wall of this Court, 
 where he sat so long and with such a distinguished record, 
 so that when the history of this Court is \^T:'itten the name 
 of "Dunne" will appear side by side with the names of 
 McAllister, Moran, Tuley and the other great Judges of 
 this Court. 
 
 Judge Dumie has those fine qualities of heart and mind 
 which made a good Judge into a great Judge. As a young 
 man I had the privilege of practicing in his court room, 
 and I think that the outstanding characteristic of Judge 
 Dunne's judicial career, which likewise had a great part 
 in his distinguished record since he left the Bench, was the 
 peace, contentment and satisfaction in practicing law in 
 his court room. He was always patient, courteous, kindly 
 and considerate. 
 
 I take great pleasure in the fact that I have been selected 
 by the Edward F. Dunne Portrait Association to move a 
 resolution upon the occasion of this ceremony to present 
 to the Circuit Court of Cook County a portrait of one of 
 its beloved former Judges, the Honorable Edward F. 
 Dunne. 
 
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 Presentatifm 
 of Portrait 
 bu Mr. Sextan 
 
 The resolution, yoi::- H:-::r. :- r- *:!l:'^s: 
 
 "EESOLTEb, Z ' -' ' ^ ^ al characta' and 
 disfinc ^ ^' z ^ i jldic cai ; Z" ' -'dF. Dunni. indud- 
 
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 a<u/ii/' :^ ' : hers of tn.t Bo.r / - ; /: tge 
 
 '■-1 ^' J'^-^-lo/iiJ rt> ', ' " i' ; >. /if has l'>€en 
 
 ■: ~ '' -: Bar of tJ.^ '.:' / for ahout sixti/ ijtars, 
 
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 f'-'-' '' "' '■ ^ - '/ - ''■:"'' ''-^ f/;t"('/' ^iV'r>r':'VaJ 
 
 <:' / ^ ; - ''.'":. i\g i:.rii io tht '/'"'.-^^ oj" 
 
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 G': ' ' -' '-- - -!"'■■ '^ ^''^- "■ l-'l": fn 2-''i:.n'jth 
 
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 <: ■ '. ./iO a !<:'■ -,^'- '''he service. President 
 
 B:':-veU aj:. _.._:,,: ;. . ,. ;.;> eightieth year, the 
 C: ,. ^^.'./f/" 0'^ the U'..'-:d States to A Centurii of 
 Pi' ■■->-. "/ t '-'.ost notahJe enterprise of its kind in the 
 
 ""nT;"/: ^ . - x /■:'.';. c^'^iO/j of the Yo.a.'n'j 'nierits o'^ his 
 - ''/" a/(c/ ot his long and unself.sh devotion 
 
 ". "/_: : .{'jiiC 'j: -_ '' :,.■..,' . -}, this resedution 
 
 r : '~''oit to : -_ . Ci.^ L. /'.:.: Court of Cook 
 
 C '- ^ . '.die re h- -^ '. such distinction and with so 
 inU'd ■: ddt to the Court. We a.'^k vour Honor that this 
 pt> ~ ' ' '/ '■•■-■ff T'-^- d oy the Court and. that the resolu- 
 tioi , . _ '. the records i'<f the Court/' 
 
 Before miveiline this portrait. I think that the large 
 assemblage here would be jjleased to hear some rne5saH"es 
 f:'::':'- <ii.stineiiished ly.^-rr.bers of the Bar who were unable 
 to be jjresent : 
 
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 The following letter, dated October 9, 1934, was received Presentation 
 from United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis : ly Mr, ^sexton 
 
 '*! have your note regarding the meeting to do honor 
 to Governor Dunne. Nothing but the severest pressure 
 upon me would have prevented my presence and it is my 
 great regret that I caimot lend myself to the occasion 
 where I could have expressed my sense of gratitude 
 and indebtedness for the very acquaintance and friend- 
 ship of Edward F. Dumie. 
 
 "May I add it is a delight to express as a public ser- 
 vant of Illinois that the life of Edward F. Dunne as 
 he lived it has been a model to patriots and an inspira- 
 tion to hopeful aspiration of young lives in great Illinois. 
 
 "I have the honor to be, with regards to the assem- 
 blage, 
 
 Yery sincerely, 
 
 James Hamilton Lewis/' 
 
 The Edward F. Dunne Portrait Association is in receipt 
 of the following letter from Hon. Frank O. Lowden, Illi- 
 nois World War Governor, who succeeded Governor Dunne 
 as Governor of Illinois : 
 
 "I am extremely sorry not to be able to attend the 
 ceremonies incident to the presentation of Governor 
 Dunne's portrait to the Circuit Court of Cook Coimty. 
 
 ''I have known Governor Dimne for more than forty- 
 nine years. When I first met him he was, like myself, a 
 practicing laAvyer and a member of the firm of Hynes & 
 Dunne. I came in contact with him in the trial of cases. 
 He was an able and courteous adversary. Later, when he 
 was elevated to the Bench, it was my fortune to try a great 
 number of cases in his Court. He was an upright and 
 learned Judge with a fine sense of justice. With keen 
 interest I followed his career as Mayor of Chicago and 
 later as Governor of the State, in both of which great 
 offices he bore himself well. No breath of scandal ever 
 attached to his name. With a host of friends in all ranks 
 
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 Presentation of life, and with serenitv of soul, he has passed his 
 
 i^M^sVxton eightieth year and still fiiids life full of zest. 
 
 •'I wish I might have been present so that I might 
 personally have said all this and more. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 Frank O. Lowdex.'' 
 
 I am also in receipt of the following letter from- the Hon- 
 orable Caiter H. Harrison, who has the proud distinction 
 of being the only man in the history of Chicago to have 
 been elected as its Mayor for five tenns of office : 
 
 "It is a matter of sincere regret that I am miable to 
 attend the presentation of the portrait of Honorable 
 Edward F. Duime to the Circuit Court of Cook County 
 on October 13, 1934. However, I wish to join those friends 
 who are more fortunate than I in an expression of high 
 regard for Governor Duime. 
 
 '^ While he and I, in the past, were at times opposing 
 candidates for office, we have always retained a respect 
 for each other that permitted a friendship of over forty 
 years' standing to continue. 
 
 "It was a happy thought, this placing of his portrait 
 in the court room of the Court in which he served for so 
 many years with credit to himself and with benefit to 
 the community. It will be an inspiration to lawyers and 
 litigants as exemplifying the opportmiities that exist in 
 America for those who possess, like Governor Duime, 
 ambition, courage, integrity and the will to do the right 
 thing. 
 
 "I felicitate Governor Dunne on his eighty-first birth- 
 day, and wish him many, many more years of health, 
 happiness and prosperity. 
 
 Sincerely yours. 
 
 Carter H. Harrison." 
 
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 A letter, dated October 11, 1934, was received from Hon- Presentation 
 orable Philip L. Sullivan, who was for many years a Judge lyy air. ^Sexton 
 of the Circuit Court of Cook Coimty, and who was recently 
 honored by President Roosevelt by appointment to the im- 
 portant office of Judge of the United States District Court. 
 This letter states : 
 
 '^I deeply regret that I shall be unable to take advan- 
 tage of the opportunity to participate in the ceremonies 
 attending the presentation of Governor Dunne 's portrait 
 to the Circuit Court on October 13. However, I should 
 like to express my high regard for Governor Dunne by 
 stating that I doubt whether anywhere among the great 
 public men of the City of Chicago and State of Illinois 
 can there be found a man who is equally as human, consid- 
 erate, and sjrmpathetic as was Judge Dunne. In addition 
 to these qualities, he has endeared himself to the hearts 
 of the people of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois by his 
 irreproachable conduct in public office, the probity of his 
 private life, and his courage to rightfully and painstak- 
 ingly perform his duty at all times, regardless of political 
 consequences. I share with him the thrill and the keen 
 gratification he must derive from a knowledge of the fact 
 that he is so well beloved. 
 
 **May I extend to Governor Dunne my congratulations 
 on his eighty-first birthday, as well as my best wishes 
 for many more years of health and happiness. 
 
 Philip L. Slt.livan." 
 
 On October 13, 1934, the Edward F. Dunne Portrait 
 Association received a letter from Honorable Edward J. 
 Kelly, Mayor of Chicago, in which he states : 
 
 ** Until a short time ago I had fully expected to be 
 present at the ceremonies to be held this morning in the 
 court room of Chief Justice Joseph Burke attendant 
 upon the presentation of a portrait of the Honorable 
 Edward F. Dunne to the Circuit Court of Cook County 
 on the occasion of his eighty-first birthday. Only a most 
 
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 Presentation important and imavoidable engagement could have 
 
 bv^Mr^Sexton prevented my being there. However, at this time such an 
 unfortunate circumstance has occurred. 
 
 **I think it eminently fitting that a portrait of Judge 
 Dmme should permanently embellish the walls of the 
 Circuit Court of Cook County, as such portraits of him 
 now adorn the walls of the office of the Mayor of Chicago 
 and the office of the Governor of Illinois. 
 
 *' Particularly do I regret my inability to be present 
 and to say a few words because of the debt of gratitude 
 I owe to former Governor Dunne, my great admiration 
 for him, and our uninterrupted friendship of over thirty 
 years' standing. 
 
 ''As a Judge of the Circuit Court, as a fearless, con- 
 scientious, courteous, learned and great Judge, his record 
 is too well known to need any comment from me. 
 
 ''As Mayor of a great metropolitan city, Chicago, his 
 name will go down in history side by side with the names 
 of Mayor Harrison of Chicago, Mayor Johnson of 
 Cleveland, Mayor Pingree of Detroit, Mayor Whitlock 
 of Toledo and other truly progi^essive Mayors. 
 
 "As Governor of Illinois, his name will pass into 
 history side by side with the names of Governor Oglesby 
 and Governor Altgeld of Illinois, Governor Smith and 
 Governor Roosevelt of New York, Governor Johnson of 
 California, Governor LaFollette of AVisconsin and other 
 forward-looking Governors. 
 
 "At all times throughout his entire public career 
 Governor Dunne strove for the rights and welfare of 
 the common man. His election to public office rep- 
 resented the hopes and aspirations of a people, and he 
 never disappointed those who placed their faith in him. 
 
 "I wish him the fullest measure of future health, 
 happiness and prosperity. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Edward J. Kelly." 
 
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 I have a letter from the Honorable Richard Yates who Presentation 
 
 of Portvciit 
 
 served as Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905 and by Mr. Sexton 
 whom Governor Dmme appointed in 1913 as a member of 
 the State Public Utilities Commission. This letter was 
 sent from Springfield, Illinois and reads as follows: 
 
 *'I sincerely regret my inability to attend the cere- 
 monies attendant upon the presentation of a portrait 
 of the Honorable Edward F. Dunne to the Circuit Court 
 of Cook County on October 13, especially as I esteem 
 it both an honor and a compliment to have been invited 
 to join those friends who are more fortmiate than I in 
 being able to participate in the unveiling of Governor 
 Dunne's portrait. 
 
 '^I desire at this time to extend to Governor Dunne 
 my congratulations and felicitations on his eighty-first 
 birthday. I wish him long life, prosperity, and happi- 
 ness, and I am particularly gratified to have this 
 occasion to express my sentiments toward him while we 
 are both yet alive, for we have survived most of our 
 contemporaries. 
 
 ''What an honor it has been for Judge Dunne and 
 for me to have been entrusted by the sovereign people 
 of this great Commonwealth with the highest office 
 within their power to confer, the Governorship of the 
 State of Illinois ! I feel that the characteristics of Judge 
 Dunne which have most contributed to assure to him this 
 affection of the people have been his supreme sports- 
 manship, and the courageous tranquillity and undis- 
 turbed serenity with which he has ever accepted victory 
 or defeat, success or misadventure, as though the nobility 
 of his spirit rendered him indifferent to the accidents of 
 fate. In the words of the Admirable Creighton: 'A true 
 sportsman is a man who can endure success without 
 elation and survive defeat without complaint.' 
 
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 Presentation "It is my understanding that Judge Alschuler will 
 
 by Mr. Sexton ^Iso participate in the presentation ceremonies and I 
 likewise desire to extend to him my most cordial 
 greetings on this occasion for he was my opponent when 
 I was a candidate for the Governorship of Illinois in 
 1900. I wish to congratulate him on the distinguished 
 career which he has achieved since that time, particularly 
 in his elevation to and his long service as a Judge of the 
 United States Circuit Court of Appeals. 
 
 *'0n this the eighty-first birthday of my esteemed 
 friend, Edward F. Dmme, I desire to tender him my 
 heartfelt felicitations and to honor in his person one of 
 the greatest Governors and most esteemed Judges who 
 has ever served the State of Illinois. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Richard Yates.'' 
 
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 I have a telegram from His Excellency, Governor Henry Presentation 
 Horner, addressed to Judge Dunne, which reads thus : iL^Mr^^^exton 
 
 ''Hearty congratulations on your eighty-first birthday 
 and best wishes for an abundance of good health and 
 happiness for many more years. 
 
 Henry Horner/' 
 
 A telegram dated October 10, 1934, at Daytona Beach, 
 Fla., from former United States Senator Lawrence Y. 
 Sherman, is as follows : 
 
 "I cordially join with friends of Edward P. Dunne 
 in portrait presentation for Saturday's exercises. I 
 congratulate Governor Dunne in his distinguished 
 public life and private achievements. I should have 
 attended if health had permitted. May these words 
 express my good will. 
 
 Lawrence Y. Sherman.'' 
 
 A letter of October 8, 1934, from his Honor, Norman L. 
 Jones, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 
 states : 
 
 "It is with sincere regret that I am unable to attend 
 the presentation of Governor Dmme's portrait to the 
 Circuit Court of Cook County. The ceremony attending 
 the presentation should, and no doubt mil, be a fine 
 expression of the high regard and esteem in which 
 Governor Dunne is held by the people of Illinois. His 
 stainless record and constructive acts have placed him 
 among the foremost citizens of our State. 
 
 "I desire to present to him my compliments and to 
 those who have assisted in this tribute of respect my 
 commendation of their action. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Norman L. Jones.'' 
 
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 Presentation Qn October 6, 1934 Honorable Joseph Sabath, Chief 
 
 of PortTCLit 
 
 by Mr. Sexton Justice of the Superior Court of Cook County, expressed 
 his sentiments in this letter : 
 
 ''I have your letter of the 27th in regard to the 
 presentation of Honorable Edward F. Dunne's portrait 
 to the Circuit Court of Cook Count}" on October 13. 
 
 "The honor conferred upon me to be present on this 
 occasion and to say a few words is profoundly appreci- 
 ated, but I regret to advise that I shall be in Indianapolis 
 on that day. I have always had a high regard for 
 Governor Dunne and will add my wishes to those of his 
 many friends who vaW be present on that day: that he 
 may have many more days on this earth so that the 
 community and State may have the continued benefit of 
 his ability and service. 
 
 **With best \sdshes and kind regards. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 » Joseph Sabath." 
 
 Hon. Albert Watson, who, as I recall, by appointment 
 of Governor Dunne for a time was Associate Justice of the 
 Supreme Court of Hlinois, on October 10, 1934, sent his 
 regrets from Momit Vernon, Illinois in the form of the 
 following letter : 
 
 ''It will not be possible for me to attend in Judge 
 Burke's court room on October 13 at the unveiling 
 ceremony. 
 
 "I send to Governor Dunne through your courtesy 
 my kindest regards, and especially do I wish for him 
 many more years of usefulness and happiness. 
 
 ''Certainly he deserves the honors and more to be 
 accorded him at the ceremony. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 Albert Watson." 
 
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 A telegram just received from Hon. Floyd E. Thompson, Presentation 
 formerly Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and now by Mr. Sexton 
 one of the distinguished lawyers at this Bar, dated October 
 13, 1934, reads: 
 
 *' Court engagement prevents my attending ceremony 
 of presenting to Circuit Court of Cook County the 
 portrait of Hon. Edward F. Dunne, who for many years 
 graced our Bench. Sincerely regret my inability to be 
 present and say a few words relative to the distinguished 
 services of the man we honor. As Judge of our Circuit 
 Court, Mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois, he 
 stands out as a faithful public servant. The life of 
 Governor Dunne has been an inspiration to his 
 younger contemporaries, and Illinois is indeed fortunate 
 that he is still vigorous and active in public affairs. 
 Please extend to Governor Dunne my compliments and 
 my best wishes for many more years of health and 
 happiness. 
 
 Floyd B. Thompson. '^ 
 
 I am also in receipt of a letter from Hon. Edmund Burke 
 of Springfield, Illinois, who was State's Attorney of 
 Sangamon County while Edward F. Dunne was Governor 
 of Illinois. He states : 
 
 ''I regret sincerely that my engagements are such that 
 it will not be possible for me to attend the unveiling of 
 Governor Dunne's portrait to take place in the Circuit 
 Court of Cook County on October 13, next. 
 
 "My estimate of Judge Dunne and his distinguished 
 public service is well known, and I think it is eminently 
 fitting that a portrait of him should hang in the Circuit 
 Court of Cook County. 
 
 ''People in Springfield for many generations have 
 been accustomed to seeing Governors and their families 
 come and go, but it has always been a source of pride 
 and satisfaction to me that no other occupant of the Ex- 
 ecutive Mansion within my recollection has left us with 
 
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 lyy Mr. Sexton 
 
 Presentation such wholesome and pleasant memories as have Governor 
 
 ZL^ii?lK^^L^^ Dunne and his wonderful wife and children. 
 
 ''I wish to extend to him the assurance of my continued 
 sincere personal regard and my best wishes for his future 
 health and happiness. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 Edmund Burke.'' 
 
 As an expression of his regard, on October 12, 1934, Hon. 
 Wm. L. O'Connell, former Chairman of the Illinois Public 
 Utilities Commission, sent the following telegram to former 
 Governor Dunne : 
 
 '*! am happy to be able to congratulate you on the 
 passage of another year in your honorable, useful and 
 patriotic career. I am particularly pleased to note that 
 your worth and ability as an American citizen have been 
 generally recognized by those who know you. I share 
 with you the thrill that is yours in having your fellow 
 citizens express their admiration and appreciation of 
 those qualities of mind and heart that have so endeared 
 you to the people. Every good wish for many happy 
 birthdays. 
 
 Wm. L. O 'Cornell.'' 
 
 May it please the Court: 
 
 It now gives me great pleasure to imveil the portrait of 
 Honorable Edward F. Dunne, a former Judge of this 
 Court, and to present the portrait to the Circuit Court of 
 Cook County. 
 
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 The Court : 
 
 It is my privilege on behalf of the Circuit Court to order 
 that the resolution which Corporation Counsel Sexton has 
 read for the Edward F. Dunne Portrait Association be 
 spread upon the records of the Circuit Court. 
 
 The proceedings today are participated in by lawyers 
 and are entirely without relation to politics. Governor 
 Dunne was always proud of the fact that he was and is a 
 lawyer. He told me in Chambers a few minutes ago that 
 he insisted that these proceedmgs be conducted by the 
 members of the Bar without regard to political consider- 
 ations. 
 
 We are honored today by having with us a distinguished 
 and eminent lawyer who has the proud record of having 
 been State's Attorney of this County, Governor of our 
 State, and United States Senator. It is my pleasure to 
 present to you Senator Charles S. Deneen. 
 
 Presentation 
 of Portrait 
 'by Mr. Sexton 
 
 Hon. Charles S. Deneen^: 
 
 Mr. Chief Justice Burke, Governor Dunne, ladies and 
 gentlemen : 
 
 I am pleased to have the opportunity to participate in 
 the ceremonies incident to the unveiling of the portrait 
 of Governor Dunne and in its dedication to the Bar. Not 
 many of the lawyers remain who appeared before the Gov- 
 ernor when he was Judge, and it will not be long before 
 they will have passed on, but his services as a Judge will 
 not be forgotten. 
 
 A Judge in our Trial Courts has few opportunities to 
 leave behind him monuments of his labors. His work is 
 of the highest use, but it is not sensational or spectacular. 
 He does not create the facts or enact the law in the cases 
 which come before him. He must see that the law is applied 
 and that justice is done. 
 
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 Address 
 by Hon. 
 Charles S. 
 Deneen
 
 Address The result is that few Judges of our Trial Courts are 
 
 Charles s. remembered beyond a generation after they have retired 
 Deneen from the Bench. It is not so of Governor Dunne. His 
 work in other fields of public service will keep alive his 
 record on the Bench and his characteristics as a Judge. 
 Governor Dunne was well equipped for his work : unusual 
 educational advantages, industry, alertness of mind, keen 
 perception, ample experience in the preparation and the 
 trial of cases in our Courts, an understanding that was 
 disciplined and matured by A^ide contacts with men and 
 their affairs, and an iimate love of justice — these qualities 
 and qualifications were the outstanding characteristics of 
 Governor Dunne as a Judge. 
 
 His merits quickly won the esteem and confidence of the 
 Bar and of the public. He became Mayor of our great 
 city and Governor of our great State, in which he displayed 
 in larger fields his talents and his high ideals of service to 
 his fellow men. 
 
 Governor Dunne has become an historical figure in our 
 city and in our State and Avill be held in high respect for 
 generations to come. It must be a great satisfaction to 
 him to witness the dedication of his own portrait to the 
 Bar and to feel that those who will gaze upon his intelligent 
 and kindly face in the days to come will recall the great 
 services he had rendered in so many fields of public 
 activities. With him today prospect must add pleasure to 
 retrospect. 
 
 I wish to add my congratulations to him on his long and 
 useful life, his health of body and mind, his freshness of 
 spirit and his legion of friends. It is indeed a pleasure to 
 join with others in extending to him all good wishes for 
 health and happiness. 
 
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 The Court : 
 
 Many of the speakers today have been associated in their 
 public lives with Governor Dunne, either by contacts 
 made at the Bar or because of association in public office, 
 running on the same ticket or in opposition. 
 
 Today we are honored by an eminent and distinguished 
 member of the Federal Bench who is a very close friend 
 of our guest. It is my proud privilege to present to you 
 the Honorable Samuel Alschuler, Judge of the United 
 States Circuit Court of Appeals. 
 
 HoN^. Samuel Alschuler: 
 
 Mr. Chief Justice, Governor Dunne, and the rest of you, by Judge 
 distinguished and undistinguished: Alschuler 
 
 It is nigh unto twenty years since I practiced law in 
 this Court, and I don't know but that I chose unwisely 
 in withdrawing from the practice. However, with nearly 
 three-quarters of a century behind me, I cannot now choose 
 again. 
 
 It is a little unusual to be in Judge Dunne's presence 
 and to call him anything but "Judge," notwithstanding 
 the far higher places he has since attained. 
 
 On coming into this court room I was particularly 
 gratified to see upon its wall the portrait of that great 
 citizen of a bygone period. Judge Murray F. Tuley. While 
 we of past middle age recall him as a most distinguished 
 and able man and Judge, doubtless many of the younger 
 members of the Bar scarcely know that such a man ever 
 existed. Such is the tide of human affairs. I recall that 
 it was largely through Judge Tuley 's public solicitation 
 that Judge Dmme, who had long held a seat upon the 
 Circuit Bench, was induced to leave that career, in which 
 his highly satisfactory service would doubtless have per- 
 mitted him to remain as long as he might msh, for the 
 
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 Address tempestuous, nerve-racking place of Mayor of Chicago, to 
 AlschuUr be followed by the yet higher post of Governor of Illinois. 
 While it was this larger subsequent career of Judge 
 Dunne which brought him wider and more lasting fame, 
 I believe it was his judicial career which laid the deep 
 and broad foundation for w^hat was to follow. Even now 
 there are many to whom Judge Dmme's career as a Judge 
 is quite imknown, and the tendency is still further to forget 
 such details in the lives of those who later achieve greater 
 distinction. 
 
 We bring here this portrait in fond appreciation of 
 Judge Dunne's long and distinguished service upon the 
 Circuit Bench. It will commemorate for us, and for those 
 who, in the succeeding generations, will come here, the 
 outstanding judicial service of this conspicuous exemplar 
 of the highest and best in public service in all of the 
 capacities wherein he served — always service with a smile, 
 service with a heart, service with a conscience. 
 
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 The Court: 
 
 I am now pleased to present an able and conscientious 
 Judge of the Circuit Court, Honorable Michael Feinberg. 
 
 Hon. Michael Feinberg : Address 
 
 Mr. Chief Justice, Governor Dunne, distinguished ^^^f^ 
 guests and friends: 
 
 Each speaker, no doubt, could stand here and multiply 
 the things that have been said and that can be said about 
 Governor Dunne. 
 
 I claim a happy distinction that possibly no one else 
 present can claim, for I believe that I was the youngest 
 practitioner in Judge Dunne's court. At the age of 
 fourteen I placed a motion on his motion book when I was 
 employed by Myer Emrich. Governor Dunne's career on 
 the Bench, I can truthfully say, had a decided influence 
 upon my attitude and career in the practice of the law. 
 
 Men are great because of the noble things they do. 
 There was no one on the Bench who was more noble than 
 Judge Dunne, nor was there ever anyone who possessed 
 to a greater degree the milk of human kindness which 
 always tempered his justice. I can remember well many 
 incidents that I witnessed in his Court which made a 
 distinct impression upon my mind. My two ideals of the 
 Bench in that day were Judge Tuley and Judge Dunne. 
 I still retain the vivid impression made upon me when the 
 Nestor of the Bench presided at that mass meeting in 
 the Auditorium when Judge Dunne was a candidate for 
 Mayor. I can well remember the words of Judge Tuley 
 who, in a letter to the public, said: "My judgeship does not 
 deprive me of my right of citizenship, and I feel I have 
 the right to express as a citizen my view of the present 
 situation." I refer to Judge Tuley 's demand upon Judge 
 
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 Address Duime to become a candidate for Mayor. I think that Judge 
 
 Weinberg Tuley's gesture was a distinct compliment to Judge Dunne, 
 
 inasmuch as it was the only occasion during his long career 
 
 on the Bench on which he emerged from his retirement 
 
 from politics to give public expression to his opinion. 
 
 Nevertheless, whatever we might say here today, 
 whatever blessings we might wish for Judge Dunne, the 
 greatest compliment, the greatest blessing that any man can 
 be proud of is the blessing of four score years and one from 
 the Master of the Universe. If he did not deserve it, our 
 Master would not have spared him these many years. 
 Let us hope that he may pass the century mark. 
 
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 The Couet : 
 
 Sitting on this platfoiin is a distinguished and courage- 
 ous jurist of Illinois who is a very close friend of Governor 
 Dunne, and it is my pleasure and privilege to present the 
 Honorable Joseph B. David, Judge of the Superior Court 
 of Cook County. 
 
 Hon. Joseph B. Davto : ^^^^^33 
 
 Mr. Chief Justice, distinguished guests, my dear friend ^oavtd^^ 
 Governor Dunne, ladies and gentlemen: 
 
 When I look upon this audience I am conscious of the 
 fact that I know the distinguished guest longer than any 
 person here. 
 
 I have known Governor Deneen from the time he first 
 came to Chicago, when he wore a battered plug hat and 
 was around the Criminal Court looking for clients. 
 
 I have known Judge Alschuler now for over forty years, 
 and have had the great distinction of serving with him as 
 associate counsel in a celebrated case tried in 1889. 
 
 But I have known Governor Dunne, Judge Dunne, Mayor 
 Dmme, Lawyer Dunne and Citizen Dunne longer than 
 either of these distinguished gentlemen. We happened to 
 live in the same section of the city, the old Twelfth Ward, 
 the strongest Republican Ward in the City of Chicago, if 
 not in the State of Illinois at that time, and I believe that 
 probably we were the only two Democrats in the Ward. 
 At any rate, it has been my pleasure to have known the 
 Governor intimately and well for nearly fifty years. I 
 appeared before him on many occasions, and I had the 
 great honor last year of having the Judge appear before 
 me. He has been an outstanding mark as a lawyer, as a 
 Judge, as a Mayor and as a Governor. He has possessed 
 that highest jewel of all jewels, the confidence of the people 
 of this community in his integrity and his honesty. 
 
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 Address J said that I had appeared before him on many occa- 
 
 David sions when he was a Judge. Likewise, I have appeared 
 before the distinguished jurist whose portrait is to mv 
 right. I am pleased to say that his portrait hangs right 
 over my desk, affording to me always an inspiration as to 
 what a Judge should be and what a Judge ought to do. I 
 refer to Judge Tuley. It is my recollection that Judge 
 Dunne is now the only living Circuit Court Judge who was 
 practicing law at the time I was admitted to the Bar — 
 because he was not a Judge at the time I was admitted — 
 and, therefore, he does not antedate me very many years, 
 for on next March, if I live, I shall have been a member of 
 the Bar of the State of Illinois for fifty years. 
 
 I am not going to extol in any fulsome flattery. History 
 will recall what Judge Dunne has contributed to this 
 community as a member of the Bar, as a citizen, as a Mayor 
 and as a Governor, and now, in the evening of his life he 
 has the love, the affection and the esteem of the entire 
 community, and when his benign countenance shines and 
 adds luster to this temple of justice, may it resound his 
 views that justice should be administered as he adminis- 
 tered it — charitably, justly and fearlessly. 
 I congratulate Governor Dunne. 
 
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 The Court: 
 
 It is my pleasure at this time to call on a past President 
 of the Chicago Bar Association, an eminent and well known 
 lawyer, Mr. John D. Black. 
 
 Mr. John D. Black : Address 
 
 by 
 Judge Burke, Judge Dunne, ladies and gentlemen : Mr. Black 
 
 When I was a boy I lived in a very distinctly Republican 
 
 community, and I never learned until my father brought 
 
 me to the City of Chicago what real leaders we had in the 
 
 Democratic Party. I do not propose by that statement to 
 
 bring any note of politics into this entirely non-partisan 
 
 and friendly gathering and occasion. I only say it to 
 
 emphasize the fact that Governor Dimne, then Judge 
 
 Dunne, and later Mayor Dunne, was one of the men to 
 
 whom I could look mth pride and admiration as a leader 
 
 who was successful in molding the thought of his party 
 
 and in leading his party where the men I had known all 
 
 through my younger days had been unsuccessful; and for 
 
 that reason I have always regarded him as a leader, as a 
 
 standard bearer, and as a man of power. After I knew 
 
 him more closely in a personal way than only knowing his 
 
 name as a public man, I added to that feeling of admiration 
 
 a feeling of affectionate regard which I hope he will permit 
 
 me to continue to hold for him; and I am proud to make 
 
 acknowledgment of it now. 
 
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 The Court: 
 
 Here today are represented the courts of our State. To 
 speak on behalf of the Appellate Court, we are proud and 
 fortunate to have that distinguished jurist and scholar, 
 our good friend, Mr. Justice John M. O'Connor. 
 
 Address HON. JOHN M. O'CoNNOR: 
 
 by Judge 
 
 O'Connor Mr. Chief Justice, this is the first time I have ever had 
 
 the privilege of serving on a jury, so I prefer to stay here 
 
 if I may. 
 
 I am very happy to be here on this occasion, because I 
 have known Judge Dunne for many years. It was my 
 privilege to appear before him when I was starting in the 
 practice of the law. I did not have the privilege of starting 
 as soon as did Judge David, but I hope to keep on as long 
 as he has. 
 
 I was never nervous in going into Judge Dunne's court 
 room. I cannot say that with reference to some other 
 Judges, because I regret to say that a few of them, I 
 thought, were more or less arbitrary. But Judge Dunne 
 was always pleasant; he invariably had a smile, was 
 courteous, and had good common sense. Even when you 
 lost a matter before him, well, you felt pretty good about 
 it anyhow. Judge Dunne was a fine gentleman. When he 
 was elected Mayor I did not know whether he knew me 
 and, fearing that he did not and probably would not find 
 out who I was, I managed to be introduced to him, with 
 the hope of securing an appointment as an assistant to 
 the Corporation Counsel. It was my privilege to serve 
 under Major Tolman and his successor. Senator Lewis, for 
 about a year. 
 
 In about a year I resigned and returned to private 
 practice. Afterwards, when Judge Dunne was elected 
 
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 Governor, I had the privilege of serving in the Senate, Address 
 both under Senator Deneen when he was Governor and O'Connor 
 later mider Governor Dunne. I was very fortunate in 
 having the opportunity of serving under two great 
 Governors of this State. I served one session under 
 Governor Deneen and two or three special sessions, so that 
 special sessions are nothing new. "When Judge Dunne was 
 Governor I also had the privilege of serving as Chairman 
 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate. I must 
 say that I did not want to serve as Chairman of that 
 Committee, because I thought I had too much other work 
 to do, but at the request of the Governor I accepted the 
 position, and in connection with that work I had the 
 occasion to come in contact with Governor Dunne a great 
 many times. His admonition to me, when he asked me to 
 act as Chairman of that Committee, was to "sit on the lid" 
 so as to keep the appropriations down. This work quite 
 frequently necessitated my going into the Governor's 
 mansion in the evening for advice regarding matters which 
 came up before the Committee. In that way I got to know 
 him quite intimately and the longer I knew him and the 
 more often I met him, the more I liked him and the higher 
 regard I had for him. He grows every time one meets 
 him. 
 
 I have a picture of Judge Tuley in my Chambers and 
 now I shall have to get one of Judge Dunne also. 
 
 I think it is a very nice thing for an association such as 
 this to hang in our court rooms pictures of eminent Judges, 
 and on this occasion I am very happy to be here, because 
 I don't believe there is another man more worthy of having 
 his picture hung in a court room than is Judge Dunne. 
 
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 The Court: 
 
 As we know, the present Governor of Illinois is a former 
 Judge. He made such a splendid record as a Judge of the 
 Probate Court of Cook County that the people took him 
 from that Court and elected him Governor of our State. 
 He has been succeeded by a young man who had shown by 
 his record as a Judge of the Municipal Court that he was 
 well qualified to hold judicial office. The service that he 
 has rendered to the people of this County as Judge of the 
 Probate Court since taking the place of Governor Horner 
 has shown that good judgment was used in selecting him. 
 He is recognized by all as a worthy successor to Honorable 
 Henry Horner. 
 
 I am pleased to present the Judge of the Probate Court 
 of Cook County, the Honorable John F. O'Connell. 
 
 Address HON. JOHN F. O'CONNELL: 
 
 by Judge 
 
 O'Connell Mr. Chief Justice, Judge Dunne, ladies and gentlemen: 
 
 There is an old saying that ^'The good which men do 
 lives after them," and the truth of that statement, of 
 course, cannot be questioned. 
 
 It has always seemed to me an incongruous thing to delay 
 the recognition of that good, as so frequently happens, until 
 so late a day that the praise falls upon deaf ears. Natu- 
 rally, any praise given at so late a time can give no pleasure 
 to the dead recipient of it. 
 
 Today, however, we are gathered here to steal a march on 
 time for the purpose of giving praise to one who is alive, 
 present and able to appreciate what we have to say about 
 him. Judge Dunne should derive a very keen gratification 
 from a knowledge of the fact that he is so well beloved by 
 aU. 
 
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 The Commonwealth of Illinois, the people of Cook Address 
 County, and the people of Chicago have each elevated him to o'ConneU 
 the highest honor, to the highest gifts within their disposal. 
 It would be difficult for us to add to the honors that his 
 distinguished career have brought to him. Great men 
 preceded him as Judges of the Circuit Court, but we know 
 that during his service in this tribunal, Judge Dunne 
 yielded to none of them in the qualities that made them 
 great. Indeed, he added luster to the splendid reputation 
 that this Court has enjoyed for over a century of shining 
 service to the community. I am sure that he has very pleas- 
 ant recollections of his services here. Those who were asso- 
 ciated with him in his work as Judge, the long procession of 
 litigants who passed before him, and the members of the 
 legal fraternity who practiced before him need no portrait 
 to keep alive his memory. This splendid portrait is, how- 
 ever, a recognition of his outstanding work. It is a token of 
 the esteem in which he is held by all of us who know him 
 and who love him. As a lawyer, as a citizen and as Judge 
 of the Probate Court, I am happy to take part in this cere- 
 mony of extending this well-deserved tribute to Judge 
 Dunne. 
 
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 mmm 
 
 The Couet: 
 
 Early in the administration of Edward F. Dunne as 
 Governor, a vacancy of less than one year arose in the 
 Municipal Court, and Governor Dunne appointed to that 
 vacancy a young man who was re-elected to the Municipal 
 Court. Since 1922 this young man has presided with 
 distinction over the County Court. His is an enviable 
 record of devoted service, and I am proud to present Judge 
 Edmund K. Jarecki of the County Court. 
 
 Address HON. EdmuND K. JareCKI : 
 
 Jarecki^ Judge Burke, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen : 
 
 It was with considerable difficulty that I was able to 
 locate Governor Dunne. All day yesterday and today I 
 was in pursuit of him, but try as I might I could not catch 
 up with him until finally I located him here. In spite of 
 his age, he is very active and elusive. 
 
 Now that I have found him I, also, want to congratulate 
 him on his birthday. 
 
 I am very glad to be here to say a few words in appre- 
 ciation for what he has done for me in the way of 
 appointing me Associate Judge of the Municipal Court and 
 thereby starting me upon my judicial career. If my record 
 on the Bench amounts to anything, as Judge Burke has 
 so kindly said that it does, it is because I have tried at all 
 times to emulate the example he set. 
 
 Governor Dunne, I msh you many, many more years of 
 continued health and happiness. 
 
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 The Oouet : 
 
 If my memory serves me well, the Municipal Court of 
 Chicago began to function at the time Governor Dunne 
 was Mayor of Chicago. The then first Chief Justice of 
 that Court, and who presided as such for a period of 
 twenty-four years, who shaped the policies of the Court and 
 made it the great Court that it has become, is here with 
 us today to honor Governor Dunne, and I am pleased to 
 call upon that splendid citizen and jurist, the Honorable 
 Harry Olson. 
 
 Hon. Haert Olson : . , , 
 
 Address 
 Mr. Chief Justice Burke, Governor Dunne and members by Judge 
 
 of the Bar: ^^^ 
 
 It is a great pleasure for me to be here this morning on 
 this occasion, because I practiced law before Judge Dunne 
 when he was on the Bench. Besides, he has been my friend 
 and neighbor for many years. 
 
 I notice upon the wall a portrait of the distinguished 
 Judge Tuley, who was Judge Dunne's intimate friend when 
 they were both on the Bench. The younger members of 
 the Bar might not know it, but Judge Tuley was considered 
 by Grover Cleveland for the office of Chief Justice of the 
 United States, but for some reason Judge Puller received 
 the appointment. 
 
 Judge Tuley evidently foresaw the career that later 
 opened to Judge Dunne. Judge Tuley regretted to see 
 Judge Dunne resign from the Bench, but at that time there 
 were great issues involved in the government of the city, 
 and in a letter to the public Judge Tuley expressed the 
 opinion that Judge Dimne ought to go into the field of 
 politics. The salary of the Judge at that time was insuffi- 
 cient to compensate him for sacrificing his own interests 
 in order to serve the public on the Bench. Judge Dunne 
 
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 Address had a large family who had a claim upon him, and so he 
 Olson resigned to become a candidate for the Mayor of Chicago. 
 
 When I accepted the appointment as Assistant Staters 
 Attorney from State's Attorney Deneen, later Governor 
 Deneen, the salary for that position was so small that I 
 made a stipulation with Mr. Deneen that I should not be 
 obliged to try cases before inexperienced Judges, as I real- 
 ized that a part of my pay would be the result of the 
 successful outcome of the trials which I should conduct. 
 Though inexperienced myself, I realized that the ability, 
 character and force of the Judge would have much to do 
 with the outcome of any case I might try before him. 
 
 At that time Cook County was Republican, while the city 
 was Democratic. Therefore, the Democratic Party, in 
 order to win, was obliged to name its ablest lawyers as 
 candidates for Judge in order to elect them. They generally 
 would elect their candidates, so that men like Judge Tuley, 
 Judge Adams, Judge Moran, Judge McAllister, Judge 
 Frank Baker, Judge Dunne and men of that type graced 
 the Bench. 
 
 I tried cases before Judge Dunne and for a period of 
 three years also before Judge Tuley and Judge Baker. I 
 received good training from these Jeff ersonian Democrats. 
 They always maintained the legal rights of the citizen 
 against the Government and in my prosecutions I always 
 kept in mind the necessity of treating defendants justly. 
 This training also stood me in stead when I later became 
 Chief Justice of the Municipal Court. There also I was 
 associated with Democratic Judges, at one time having as 
 many as twenty-three on the Municipal Bench. 
 
 Judge Dunne, while a law enforcer like Judge Tuley, was 
 ever mindful of his duty to give a fair trial to anyone who 
 came before him. I remember one case in which a pickpocket 
 by the name of Sheehan was charged with murder com- 
 
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 mitted in the presence of five other pickpockets. The 'Address 
 murder occurred in a room in which there were seven oison 
 pickpockets, one of whom was killed by another of those 
 present at that time. 
 
 When I came to try the case, I could not imderstand why 
 the defendant was indicted because all of the witnesses 
 claimed they did not know who committed the deed. I 
 conceived the idea of calling each of the five pickpockets 
 to the witness stand and of asking each one to relate what he 
 knew about the shooting. Each one testified that one of 
 those present shot one of the others present, and each one 
 denied that he had done so. That left it up to the defendant 
 to take the mtness stand to deny that he had done the 
 shooting, as well as to deny the circumstances implicating 
 him. 
 
 After I had called the five pickpockets. Judge Dunne 
 called me in Chambers and asked me whether I thought I 
 had made out a case. I told him that I had — not only 
 beyond a reasonable doubt, but to a mathematical cer- 
 tainty — saying: ''You cannot take this case from the jury. 
 This case has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt." 
 Judge Dunne thought a moment and said, "I guess you are 
 right." Still he was not satisfied, and finally he said to me, 
 ''Can you and I be sure that those five pickpockets have 
 each told the truth?" I told him that we could not depend 
 upon them. Judge Dunne said, "This jury may convict 
 and if they do we will have the defendant on our hands and 
 not be sure he is guilty." So the Judge took the case from 
 the jury with the State's consent. 
 
 When he was obliged to rule against you, Judge Dunne 
 had a compassionate smile that made you feel that he at 
 least commiserated your disappointment. 
 
 Judge Dunne, like Judge Tuley, was very kind to young 
 lawyers. When a young lawyer cited a case on a principle 
 
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 tm 
 
 Address that was '^hornbook law," he would carefully and patiently 
 Olson read the opinion so that the young lawyer 's client could see 
 
 that the Court was impressed. 
 
 Judge Duime has held the offices of Mayor of the City of 
 Chicago and Governor of the State of Illinois with great 
 credit to himself, his city, and State, and now^ that he has 
 arrived at eighty-one years of age, he has the love and re- 
 spect of the community, and especially of the members of 
 the Bar who have had the best opportunity to become ac- 
 quainted with his qualities of mind and heart. It is pleasant 
 at a time of party rancor to see the two great parties repre- 
 sented here this morning by two ex-Governors, each of 
 whom formerly had and still retains, in all of his political 
 struggles, the good opinion and respect of the other. If, in 
 our country in times of distress, men of different parties 
 co-operated for the good of the country, the country would 
 be better off. 
 
 I am glad to be here, Judge Dunne, and wish you a long 
 life of health and prosperity. 
 
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 The Court : 
 
 Because of the lateness of the hour, we are bringing this 
 happy occasion to a close. We shall soon have the pleasure 
 of hearing from Governor Dunne. 
 
 Since 1910, here in Cook County, we have been fortunate 
 in having the services continuously of a County Clerk who 
 has at all times been a devoted and loyal servant of the 
 people, and I am pleased at this time to call upon our good 
 friend and County Clerk, Honorable Robert M. Sweitzer. 
 
 Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer : 
 
 Mr. Chief Justice, distinguished guests, ladies and gen- 
 tlemen : 
 
 It is difficult for me to determine just what is the reason 
 for my appearing before this august body ; nevertheless, I 
 appreciate the honor and am delighted to be here. 
 
 I am not a lawyer — I have never had the pleasure of 
 appearing before Judge Dunne either as an attorney or as 
 a defendant, particularly in the Criminal Court — so my 
 impressions have been formed not from experiences in the 
 court room but by actual contact with the man. The impres- 
 sions that I have had for many years, which have been 
 affirmed later on and which undoubtedly have found an 
 echo of response in the ears of each and every one of us, is 
 his keen humanity on every conceivable occasion, and with 
 that keen humanity there must be that inseparable com- 
 panion which accompanies it on all occasions, namely, a 
 sense of humor. 
 
 Judge Dunne always had a keen sense of humor a.nd 
 nowhere among the great public men of the City of Chicago 
 can we find his peer as a humane, considerate, sympathetic, 
 red-blooded man. That is the reaction that people of this 
 community have always had toward Judge Dimne. 
 
 Address 
 hy Hon. 
 Robert M. 
 Sweitzer 
 
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 Address When I was quite a young man — I am not yet exactly in 
 
 Robert M. the four score class — at the time of a bitter political cam- 
 Sweitzer paign, I can remember hearing on every hand: "Well, 
 there is one thing certain about Judge Dunne, which is that 
 there is no question but that he is an honest man. ' ' A man 
 who can build up that sort of impression and reputation in 
 the minds and hearts of the people of the community is 
 certainly worthwhile. 
 
 I know all of you have had occasion to know his humane 
 interest in others, in the less fortunate, in the under- 
 privileged, and in those who apparently are fighting along 
 without help or friendships of any kind. Many times when 
 it was necessary for him to employ what might have seemed 
 hard judgment, that judgment was glossed over and made 
 more tolerable by his sense of humor and the confidence 
 of others that in his heart of hearts there was a desire to 
 do everything he could to take the sting out of what was 
 necessary for him to do in the strict performance of his 
 duties ; so, as a citizen of the great City of Chicago — and I 
 am proud I was born here — I am happy to bring to this 
 gathering a slight sense of the appreciation of this splendid 
 man which exists in the community, and of the proud boast 
 of the citizens of Chicago, particularly those who have 
 lived here for many years, that they possess in Judge Dunne 
 an honest man, a human man, a man who has a sense of 
 humor, and a man who is everybody's friend and can be 
 relied upon at all times to stand up and do what he can for 
 the less fortunate. 
 
 I am very happy to be here and to say just a word of 
 deep appreciation on the splendid testimonial which has 
 been afforded to this man, every word of which is coming 
 from the hearts of the speakers. 
 
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 The Court : 
 
 I now recognize the Hon. William H. Sexton, the dis- 
 tinguished Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago and 
 President of the Edward F. Dunne Portrait Association. 
 
 Mr. Sexton: 
 
 If the Court please, so that the chain of title to this 
 portrait may be incontestable, I now move that your Honor, 
 on behalf of the Circuit Court of Cook County, accept the 
 portrait of Governor Edward F. Dunne. 
 
 Chief Justice Burke : Address 
 
 by Chief 
 My dear Friends : Justice 
 
 , Burke 
 Edward F. Dunne was elected a Judge of the Circuit 
 
 Court in 1892. Unfailing courtesy to lawyers and litigants 
 alike, honorable conduct, knowledge of the law, courage to 
 do the right and painstaking performance of duty endeared 
 him to the hearts of the people of this County. It is some- 
 times said that one who holds a judicial office should not 
 take part in the discussion of the political issues of tiie 
 day. Judge Dumie, Judge Tuley and other great jurists 
 took an active and incisive part in the issues of their day. 
 The people of Chicago had confidence in Judge Dunne. 
 They recognized him as a champion of the rights of the 
 people and one upon whom they could rely to remain loyal 
 and steadfast to his pledges. 
 
 In 1905 the traction franchises were about to expire and 
 the forward-looking Democrats of Chicago asked Judge 
 Dunne to become a candidate for Mayor. He did not seek 
 that office; in fact, his ambition was to remain a Judge. 
 He told me a little while ago in Chambers that on January 
 16, 1905, his friend and adviser. Judge Murray F. Tuley, 
 
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 Address addressed an open letter to the people of Chicago in which 
 Justice lie urged that Judge Dunne become a candidate for Mayor, 
 Burke ^j^^ ^j^e first that he knew regarding that letter was when 
 some newspaper men came out to his home on Beacon 
 Street to ask him about it. He was shoveling coal into the 
 furnace at that time, but he interrupted his chore to accord 
 them an interview. The demand that he become a candidate 
 grew steadily more insistent, and he was finally persuaded 
 to accept the candidacy for Mayor on the Democratic ticket. 
 
 The issues of that day were municipal ow^nership and 
 Judge Dunne was triumphantly elected. 
 
 During the two years he served as Mayor he remained 
 loyal and true to the principles on which he stood on his 
 platform. Because the people had confidence that he would 
 never fail them when he had made a promise and that he 
 would live up to his platform when he was elected, they 
 chose him Governor of this great State in 1912. During 
 the four years of his administration many of the progres- 
 sive measures that have been put on the statute books within 
 our memory were enacted, among them the Workmen's 
 Compensation Act, the granting of the right of suffrage to 
 women, the regulation of public utility corporations, and 
 the inception of the deep waterway connecting Lake 
 Michigan with the Gulf of Mexico. 
 
 More recently our Federal Government, recognizing the 
 great service that he has rendered, has also added to these 
 high honors by naming him to the important post of Com- 
 missioner of the United States to A Century of Progress. 
 
 We people of Illinois, looking over his record as a citizen, 
 a father, a lawyer, a Judge, a Mayor, a Governor and a 
 Commissioner, feel proud of that record and rejoice in 
 exclaiming: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant!" 
 
 Today is a proud day for the Circuit Court. We are 
 presented with an excellent portrait, executed by a talented 
 
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 artist, of a Judge of our Court who has rendered distin- ^^il'^?^ 
 guished service as citizen, Judge, Mayor, Governor and justice 
 Commissioner of the United States to A Century of ^wrfee 
 Progress. 
 
 In future years, when other generations come here or to 
 any other building that may take the place of this court 
 house and view this portrait, they A\ill be inspired by the 
 splendid record of service which has enshrined Judge 
 Dunne in the hearts of the people as one of the illustrious 
 sons of Illinois. 
 
 In behalf of the historic Circuit Court of Illinois, it is my 
 proud privilege to accept this excellent portrait. I know 
 that as future generations of citizens of this State gaze 
 upon it and also upon the portrait of his dear old friend and 
 associate, Judge Murray F. Tuley, they will be inspired 
 ^vith that same high devotion to the public service which 
 has been the distinguishing characteristic of his life. 
 
 Today we greet you here not as Governor Dunne, but as 
 our own Judge Dunne of the Circuit Court of Illinois. 
 
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 si^rmaj^^Tvmrmm3f*rMt:~'iiaaiBK!^m 
 
 Hon. Edwaed F. Dunne : 
 
 hyHon.^ Chief Justice Burke, Governor Deneen, Judge Alschuler 
 
 Edward F. and friends : 
 Dunne 
 
 I recognize, of course, by reason of the fact that I was 
 on the Bench for a number of years, that we are sitting in 
 open court. Therefore, I address the presiding Judge as 
 *'your Honor." I should love to have addressed the Court 
 as "your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury," but, 
 your Honor, the jury is packed, judging from what I have 
 heard already from the lips of some of those friends of 
 mine, and I am afraid that I should be imposing upon the 
 Court were I to ask your leave to address that jury. 
 
 Forty-two years ago, my friends, by reason of the 
 friendship of a few ardent friends, most of whom have 
 already gone to their God, I was nominated Judge of this 
 Court. Before the convention I knew nothing of it, but, by 
 reason of the great friendship of two or three friends, 
 among them Judge Prendergast, now in his grave, I found 
 that I was running for Judge of the Circuit Court. That 
 is all I knew about it because I lived out in the country. 
 
 Thirteen years afterwards, by reason of the friendship 
 of that most respected Nestor of the Bench, Judge Tuley, 
 I left the Circuit Court to embark upon the stormy sea of 
 politics ; and though it is now twenty-nine years since I left 
 the Bench and the Judges whom I respected and regarded 
 so highly, yet I find that again by reason of friendship this 
 gathering has assembled to honor me today. 
 
 I believe that I am the only man still living who sat on 
 the Circuit Bench when it was presided over by my dis- 
 tinguished friend, Judge Tuley, and sometimes I feel like 
 Tom Moore when he said: 
 
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 ''When I remember all the friends, so linked to- 
 gether, 
 
 I've seen around me fall, like leaves in wintry 
 weather, 
 
 I feel like one who treads alone 
 Some banquet-hall deserted. 
 
 Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, 
 And all but he departed!" 
 
 But while all my contemporaries who would now be in 
 the eighties are gone, I still find around me those men whom 
 I respected and loved and admired as lawyers and fellow 
 laborers in the profession, such as Charles S. Deneen and 
 Joseph B. David, who were my friends when I was a young 
 struggling lawyer. Why, I remember that Joe and I lived 
 in the same part of the city and that we were both out for 
 clients — both of us. We were glad to get a ten-dollar fee 
 those days, and I put on a Prince Albert coat and a Derby 
 hat because I thought that they added more dignity to my 
 person. The next time I saw Joe he too had a Derby hat 
 and Prince Albert coat. Soon afterward I saw him again. 
 This time he had on a Prince Albert coat and a silk hat. 
 You know, I think he wore that silk hat until he was elected 
 to the Bench. 
 
 This is a great honor — it is an unusual honor. I thank 
 my Creator for the fact that I have led a very happy life. 
 He gave me one good trait of character. If He didn't give 
 me more than the average of good brains. He gave me the 
 faculty of making good friends. He gave me, moreover, an 
 amiable and beautiful wife and a numerous family of 
 thirteen children, nine of whom are still living, as well as 
 twenty-three grandchildren. He gave me such friends as 
 Senator Lewis, William L. O'Connell, Charles S. Deneen, 
 Corporation Counsel Sexton, Judge Alschuler, Judge John 
 J. Sullivan, Alderman Oscar F. Nelson, William L. Sulli- 
 van, my former Secretary, Judge David and many others, 
 
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 Response 
 by Hon. 
 Edward F. 
 Dunne
 
 Response among them Judge Jarecki who, when I needed employ- 
 EdwardF. ment, was friend enough to see that I got it. Franklin D. 
 Dunne Roosevelt, our great humanitarian President, was also my 
 
 friend. When he thought I needed a little honor in my old 
 days, he, unsolicited by me, but doubtless in response to 
 the appeals of other friends of mine, without my knowl- 
 edge, accorded me the distinguished honor that I now hold, 
 that of the Commissioner of the United States to A Century 
 of Progress ; for you know, my friends, when I was Circuit 
 Judge I only represented a section of the State; when I 
 was Mayor I represented a great city; when I was Grov- 
 ernor I represented a great State, but until last year I never 
 represented a Nation. I now represent a great Nation by 
 reason of the fact that I have had the faculty of making 
 warm, sturdy friends. Many of those friends are here now. 
 Members of the Bench and Bar, I wish to say I am de- 
 lighted that, in according me the honor of presenting my 
 portrait to the Circuit Court, you have confined your labors 
 to members of the Bar and to members of the Bar without 
 reference to politics. Why, you know. Senator Deneen and 
 I had our political fight and Governor Lowden and I had 
 our political fight, but we always retained our personal 
 friendships, nevertheless. I respected and spoke favorably 
 of them, and they, in turn, respected and spoke favorably of 
 me. I kept all of those friendships. That is a tribute of 
 which a man may w^ell be proud. I am built like other men, 
 and being built like other men I cannot but feel grateful for 
 the fine expression of friendship from you, my old friends 
 who are still living. You have accorded me this exceptional 
 tribute of friendship and have given me a chance to thank 
 you. I wish, through Chief Justice Burke, to particularly 
 thank the Judges of this Court who have been so kind on 
 this occasion and who have been so friendly to the Edward 
 F. Dunne Portrait Association. My friends, I want to 
 thank you from my heart for this most extraordinary and 
 highly appreciated honor. 
 
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 The Court : The 
 
 Court 
 
 This is a memorable occasion, and it is my pleasure to Adjourns 
 direct that the proceedings of this day be transcribed and 
 spread upon the records of the Circuit Court. 
 
 The court will now adjourn. 
 
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 IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY 
 THE MEMBERS OF THE EDWARD F. DUNNE POR- 
 TRAIT ASSOCIATION, CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 
 THE PORTRAIT OF THE HONORABLE 
 EDWARD F. DUNNE WERE ALSO RE- 
 CEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING: 
 
 Adams, Robert McCormick 
 Adcock, Edmund D. 
 
 Burras, Charles H. 
 Busch, Francis X. 
 
 Condon, Thomas J. 
 Cummings, Edmund S. 
 
 Davis, Brode B. 
 Doyle, William A. 
 
 Ettelson, Samuel A. 
 
 Fleming, Joseph B. 
 
 Goodwin, Clarence N. 
 Gorman, George E. 
 Graham, Richey V. 
 
 Hoyne, Thomas M. 
 Hummer, John S. 
 
 Kaplan, Morris I. 
 
 Lantry, Thomas B. 
 Latham, Carl R. 
 Lister, William 
 Litsinger, Edward H. 
 
 Maguire, Fred V. 
 Mayer, Isaac H. 
 McCabe, Edward J. 
 McCormick, John A. 
 
 McCoy, Luke D. 
 McKinlay, Donald S. 
 Merrick, George P. 
 Meyer, Carl 
 Morris, Edward 
 
 Olson, Harry 
 
 Poage, James H. 
 Poppenhusen, Conrad H. 
 Prior, J. H. 
 
 Reichmann, Alexander F. 
 Richards, John T. 
 Ricker, Jos. A. 
 Ryan, Andrew J. 
 
 Schiller, Jay A. 
 Schwartz, Charles K. 
 Shannon, Angus Roy 
 Sherriff, Andrew R. 
 Short, Benedict J. 
 Smietanka, Julius F. 
 Straw^n, Silas H. 
 Sullivan, Boetius H. 
 Swissler, William R. 
 
 Taylor, Orville J. 
 Templeton, Stuart J. 
 Thomson, Charles M. 
 Tolman, Edgar B. 
 
 West, Roy O. 
 Whitman, Russell 
 
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